#lit

The finest works of art are precious, among other reasons, because they make it possible for us to know, if only imperfectly and for a little while, what it actually feels like to think subtly and feel nobly. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#among #art #because #feel #feels

The quality of moral behavior varies in inverse ratio to the number of human beings involved. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#beings #human #human beings #inverse #involved

When you're young, the goal is to have a hit. You get a little older and the goal becomes to get to make another record. ↗

— Janis Ian

#becomes #get #goal #hit #little

People do still cheer for the President. And some of the military audiences are more likely to cheer than others. I have seen him speak lately in front of groups like Freedom House, where the applause was a long time coming. ↗

— Gwen Ifill

#audiences #cheer #coming #freedom #front

I want to organize so that women see ourselves as people who are entitled to power, entitled to leadership. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

#entitled #i #leadership #organize #ourselves

It is no accident that I made Cartoon Town a simple little village - in many ways it mirrored my home town. And, yes, many of my puppet characters took on some of the more eccentric characteristics of people I knew there. ↗

— William Jackson

#cartoon #characteristics #characters #eccentric #home

A new era of responsibility is here. ↗

— Valerie Jarrett

#here #new #new era #responsibility

We want to make sure that we incentivize the health care system to be designed to provide you the best quality health care possible. ↗

— Valerie Jarrett

#care #designed #health #health care #health care system

Before you can read, you know the difference between a story and reality. And, of course, by the time you're old enough to do any real damage with an Uzi, you've learned that difference. ↗

— Penn Jillette

#before #between #by the time #course #damage

I was raised in a mostly white neighborhood. I was this little white girl jamming out to Ella Fitzgerald and Bobby Brown. ↗

— JoJo

#brown #ella #ella fitzgerald #fitzgerald #girl